CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Waypoint Residential has acquired a 20-acre development tract in Charlotte’s Mountain Island Lake submarket. The Boca Raton, Fla.-based developer plans to build a 240-unit, garden-style apartment community on the site with units averaging approximately 900 square feet. No community amenities were announced. The land seller, locally based US Developments, is working with Waypoint Residential to find other development sites in the Charlotte MSA. Waypoint Residential plans to break ground in the fourth quarter and deliver first units in fourth-quarter 2023. The developer plans to fully deliver the unnamed community by the second quarter of 2024. The site is across the street from a Food Lion-anchored shopping center and is within three miles of the U.S. National Whitewater Center.
WILMINGTON, N.C. — Ready Capital has closed a $34 million loan for the acquisition and renovation of a 200-unit, two-property multifamily portfolio in Wilmington. The non-recourse, interest-only, floating-rate loan features a 36-month term with two extension options and flexible prepayment. The loan is inclusive of a facility to provide future funding for capital expenditures and interest and operating shortfalls. Upon acquisition, the sponsor will convert the properties from student housing to traditional multifamily. In addition, the sponsor will implement a capital improvement plan to renovate unit interiors, improve curb appeal and upgrade community amenities and common areas.
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Multifamily Operators Battle Fraud, Labor Shortages on the Front Lines, Say InterFace Panelists
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Property managers are navigating a minefield of issues in today’s apartment market. Analyzing renter applications for fraud, collecting overdue rent and turning over units from freeloading tenants are all in a day’s work for savvy apartment operators. Amanda Kitts, senior vice president of property management at Northwood Ravin, a multifamily owner and operator based in North Carolina, said that part of the role of an operations professional today entails poring over documents like check stubs, IDs and employment records to make sure the prospective resident is creditworthy. She said that fraud is more prevalent in some markets than others, so it’s imperative that property managers are adequately trained. “Charlotte still is a very big market for fraud, but Durham not so much. Chapel Hill is squeaky clean; nobody does anything wrong in Chapel Hill,” joked Kitts. “We have these applications and check stubs, and maybe one could be off, and you have to investigate and Google. We’re almost mini-FBI investigators.” Kitts’ comments came during the leasing and operations panel at France Media’s InterFace Carolinas Multifamily, which took place April 14 at the Hilton Uptown Charlotte. The networking and information conference drew more than 260 attendees from all facets …
NEW HILL, N.C. — JLL has secured an approximately 340,000-square-foot lease with FedEx Ground at TIP West within Triangle Innovation Point, a 2,200-acre life sciences and advanced manufacturing park in New Hill. Matt Winters and Al Williams of JLL handle marketing and leasing for the park on behalf of ownership, a joint venture between Samet Corp., Lee-Moore Capital and a Denver-based family office. FedEx Ground will fully occupy Building One at TIP West, which is currently under construction. The building is part of the first phase of development at Triangle Innovation Point and will deliver by the end of the year. FedEx Ground is set to occupy the space in early 2023. Triangle Innovation Point can be subdivided for specific users as needed, with lot sizes ranging from 10 to 1,000 acres, and building layouts from 35,000 square feet up to 1 million square feet. Triangle Innovation Point is located close to the Research Triangle Park and Raleigh-Durham International Airport.
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Chicago-based Brennan Investment Group has broken ground on a Class A industrial building on the former RJ Reynolds Headquarters campus in Winston-Salem known as Whitaker Park. Landmark Construction is the general contractor on the project. The construction timeline was not disclosed. The tilt-wall, speculative building will span 110,000 square feet and is designed to be divisible from one to four tenants. Bob Lewis, Chris Lowe and Jamie Newell of NAI Piedmont Triad are handling leasing on behalf of Brennan Investment Group. The Whitaker Park sits in a strategic last-mile, infill location near downtown Winston-Salem, Wake Forest University and five nearby interstates.
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. — A joint venture between Manhattan Beach, Calif.-based Magma Equities and Chapel Hill, N.C.-based Prudent Growth Partners has acquired Keystone Apartments, a 202-unit multifamily community in Fayetteville, for $23.7 million. The seller was not disclosed. Constructed in 1974 and renovated in stages from 2018 through 2021, Keystone offers one- and two-bedroom floorplans. Located at 425 Woodstream Trail, the property features 28 two-story residential buildings on a 19.1-acre site. Community amenities include a pool, fitness center, onsite property management and 24-hour maintenance. The joint venture plans to spend $1.5 million renovating units and improving the common areas, such as the leasing office, fitness center, pool area and other outdoor amenities.
MORRISVILLE, N.C. — Trinity Capital Advisors has signed a 25,972-square-foot lease with Enzyvant at Southport Innovation Center, a 95-acre life sciences and technology campus in Morrisville. Enzyvant, a Cambridge, Mass.-based biotech company focusing on tissue-based regenerative therapies, is slated to occupy 50 percent of 101 Southcenter Court. With the new tenant, Southport Innovation Center is 87 percent leased. The new space at Southport Innovation Center will have customized labs and offices, including clean rooms for the manufacturing of Enzyvant’s recently approved tissue-based regenerative therapy. Southport Innovation Center features 17 buildings totaling 911,700 square feet of space. The buildings are a mix of lab, office and flex buildings. Property amenities include a fitness center and locker rooms, lounge, bar and café, conference center and an outdoor gathering space.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Beacon Partners has begun construction on two speculative buildings totaling 375,874 square feet within Carolina Logistics Park, a master-planned industrial park in Charlotte. Building 2 will span 202,403 square feet and Building 3 will be 173,471 square feet. Buildings 2 and 3 are situated at one of the park’s two entrances at the intersection of Carolina Logistics Drive and Downs Road. Both buildings will offer 32-foot clear heights, 180-feet concrete truck courts with ample trailer parking and six-inch floor slabs. The buildings are scheduled for delivery in the third quarter. Additionally, Building 4, a 525,624-square-foot property located at 11925 Carolina Logistics Drive, is already underway and scheduled for completion in June. Tim Robertson of Beacon Partners is handling leasing for Carolina Logistics Park. The project team includes general contractor Conlan Co., Merriman Schmitt Architects and civil engineer Orsborn Engineering Group. Wells Fargo is providing construction financing for the two speculative buildings. Carolina Logistics Park is a 288-acre park that will eventually accommodate up to 3.6 million square feet of Class A space. The site sits within proximity to Interstates 77 and 485, Charlotte Douglas International Airport and Uptown Charlotte. The park’s existing tenants include Amazon (1 million …
OXFORD, N.C. — Malvern, Pa.-based CertainTeed LLC, the building products subsidiary of Saint-Gobain, has plans to invest $118.8 million over the next five years to expand its roofing shingle manufacturing facility in Oxford. The CertainTeed Oxford plant, which began operations in 1978, is already one of the largest roofing shingle manufacturing sites in North America, sitting on 113 acres in Granville County. The project will add 225,000 square feet of manufacturing space to the campus and create at least 37 new full-time manufacturing jobs. The project is supported with $650,000 in reimbursement grants from the State of North Carolina, including funds from the One North Carolina Fund and a Rural Division Building Reuse Grant.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The Southeast has long been home to automotive giants such as Honda, Hyundai, Toyota and Mercedes-Benz, as well as their large network of suppliers. In 2021, BMW led the nation in automotive exports by value, the eighth consecutive year the German automaker held that distinction. BMW produced and exported $10.1 billion worth of cars and SUVs from its mega campus in Spartanburg, S.C., last year, and the company recently announced two new facilities — one on its campus and the other across Interstate 85 — that will total $300 million in investment. Similarly, Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama, the regional headquarters and only U.S. plant for the South Korean auto giant, announced last week that it planned to invest $300 million to expand and improve its Montgomery plant. The initiative will create 200 jobs and accommodate the manufacturing of the hybrid Santa Fe vehicle line and launch of the first Electrified Genesis GV70 SUV. Hyundai Motor Group said it aims to sell 1.87 million battery electric vehicles (BEVs) annually by 2030 in order to secure a 7 percent global market share of BEVs sold. The automaker announced on April 12 that it plans to invest $7.4 billion in …